Is John's Gospel antisemitic? In John 8:44 Jesus tells the Jews, 'You are of your father the Devil', a charge used throughout the centuries by antisemites to fuel hatred of the Jews. And it is no one-off statement: throughout the Gospel, 'the Jews' appear as Jesus' sharpest opponents, ultimately seeking his execution. Who then are 'the Jews' in John's Gospel? Defending John against the charge of antisemitism, Motyer argues that, far from demonising the Jews, the Gospel seeks to present Jesus as 'Good News for Jews' in a late first century setting.

Pbtm: Your Father The Devil?

This study examines some key approaches to ecumenical social ethics in the past century as expressed in the thought of Walter Rauschenbusch Reinhold Niebhur and the World Council of Churches.The author argues that unless Christians are clear about the ways that theology and philosophy relate to one another and work themselves out in our practical commitments we will lose the ability to discuss social ethics as individuals and churches let alone reach effective arguments.

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Stephen Motyer
Steve Motyer (PhD.,University of London) is a lecturer in New Testament at London School of Theology, formerly London Bible College, where he leads the Theology and Counselling course. He is a respected speaker, and author of The Bible with Pleasure, Israel in the Plan of God, Discovering Ephesians, Discovering Hebrews and co-author of 1 and 2 Thessalonians in the Crossway Bible Guides. His latest publication is The Letter of Hebrews in the Two Horizons Theological Commentary.

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